Hi all,

Went this week on a bit of offroading with Scout, all nice and smooth, but on some very steep uphill parts with big stones and holes, where i had to drive very slowly not to touch the underside, i found myself keeping the car on the clutch in first gear and on 2-3K rpms so I can go slowly. I know this is not healthy for the clutch even thought it was only for a few tens of meters.

Is this the only way of tackling this kind of situation, knowing there is no low range gearbox?

Cheers.

Hi all,

Went this week on a bit of offroading with Scout, all nice and smooth, but on some very steep uphill parts with big stones and holes, where i had to drive very slowly not to touch the underside, i found myself keeping the car on the clutch in first gear and on 2-3K rpms so I can go slowly. I know this is not healthy for the clutch even thought it was only for a few tens of meters.

Is this the only way of tackling this kind of situation, knowing there is no low range gearbox?

Cheers.

Sorry to say the scout is not designed for going off road as you have described, no diff lock, and no low range, and

of course you will have road tyres.

so the the only benefit is on a wet field

Radiotwo

Hi all,

Went this week on a bit of offroading with Scout, all nice and smooth, but on some very steep uphill parts with big stones and holes, where i had to drive very slowly not to touch the underside, i found myself keeping the car on the clutch in first gear and on 2-3K rpms so I can go slowly. I know this is not healthy for the clutch even thought it was only for a few tens of meters.

Is this the only way of tackling this kind of situation, knowing there is no low range gearbox?

Cheers.

Should have bought a Range Rover - this is an off road vehicle.

Regards.

Or a YETI!!!

Or a landy 90/110

Agreed, for real offroad I take the Toyota HiLux from work. This week was as extreme as i would take the Scout, and wanted to test the Haldex for first time before winter comes.

Surprisingly it did well on very rough terrain and 10-15cm water, with Dunlop summer tyres.

Now it's back on its city life

Cheers

Sorry to say the scout is not designed for going off road as you have described, no diff lock, and no low range, and

of course you will have road tyres.

so the the only benefit is on a wet field

Radiotwo

'so the the only benefit is on a wet field' is a little harsh I think. Over to my Scout Comrades in Arms :-)

Well i tell you i went head to head with a Nissan X-Trail 4wd and Mercedes ML270cdi on this trip and Scout performed on same level.

The ride on X-trail on choppy stones was horrid, jumpy and crashy, while ML with low range button engaged was more smoother.

Scout went anywhere we wanted, and the Premium Sound package sounded delightful on the mountains with doors open

Or a YETI!!!

Hardly, show me the diff locks and low range transfer box. There barely any better off road than my A4 quattro.

Best alternative to a transfer box would be an automatic slush box, but then you'd have to look elsewhere such as the Audi Allroad. Eitherway sounds like a good off roading effort to me

'so the the only benefit is on a wet field' is a little harsh I think. Over to my Scout Comrades in Arms :-)

I'll see his wet field and raise him some snow.

Nasty nasty...

I assume it was the TSI Scout . A diesel might have fared a little better with the improved low rev torque.

Yes, TSi. Agree diesel might of had more low end grunt but bearing in mind the terrain, we all had to drive a walking pace in a few places. Sadly i didn't have the camera with me, but next time i will.